Sean Strickland shared an anecdote about Francis Ngannou once asking him why he carries a weapon, to which Strickland responded that Ngannou would find the reason by looking in a mirror. In other updates, Carlos Prates and Jack Maddalena conducted their first face-off, with observers noting Prates' massive size and questioning how he makes the 77kg weight class given his frame and lack of dietary discipline. Shamil Gaziev weighed around 140kg recently despite competing at 120kg, with concerns raised about recovery time since the event is in Australia where time zone differences cut recovery time in half. Arman Tsarukyan revealed that the UFC recently sent him a $42,000 bonus unexpectedly, speculating it might be for his social media work, and joked about not asking what it was for so his manager wouldn't claim a percentage.
